BLOGGER & JOURNALIST: Her popular blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, The Guardian, Vogue). She is a travel and pop culture journalist for publications like Sunday Times UK, Hong Kong Express, Business Insider, CNN, AOL / Huffington Post. La Carmina has a large, passionate online following, and was twice invited to Luisaviaroma's Italy event for the world's top fashion bloggers. She was a guest at NY Fashion Week, where she sat front row and spoke at IFB Conference. She spoke about travel video and social media at PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference, Mediabistro Social Curation Summit, Hong Kong Fashion Week, PechaKucha Tokyo and more.

AUTHOR: She's written 3 books about Jpop culture for major publishers (Random House, Penguin USA). These include Cute Yummy Time (about decorating food to look adorable) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants:
Tokyo (maid cafes, cat cafes, vampire and ninja restaurants). La Carmina is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School. More about her books.

TV HOST: La Carmina has appeared on ABC Nightline, The Today Show and The Doctors as a guest expert. She co-hosted an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel, which airs in 75 countries. NHK Japan filmed two documentaries about her work (Kawaii TV and New York Wave). Recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Food Network, Discovery, National Geographic, CNN, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Belgium TV, Norway TV, Fuel, Pro Sieben. WATCH her TV presenting reel.

TRAVEL SHOW: She also hosts and produces her own travel video series filmed worldwide, and published in Business Insider and AOL / Huffington Post. Episodes include Cape Town, Israel, Maldives and receive 500,000+ views each.

TV FIXER / COOLHUNTER: She runs a trend consulting, TV hosting and production arranging company: La Carmina & The Pirates. Her team assists TV shows with production logistics, casting, presenting, film permits etc in Japan, Hong Kong and other countries. Our work & contact info: http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates